Ricki-Lee Coulter reveals how Hollywood actor saved her during desperate time: 'I have to thank you' READ MORE: Ricki-Lee Coulter's fans notice uncanny resemblance between the singer and comedian Celeste Barber By Stephen Bisset For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:32 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 04:32 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments Ricki-Lee Coulter has revealed that she almost decided to quit making music, and that it was an Oscar-winning actor that changed her mind. The admission came on her Nova drive show Ricki-Lee, Tim and Joel on Thursday when the Do It Like That hitmaker received a face-time from a very surprising guest. Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto , 52, called in to the show to have a chat with Rikki-Lee, 38, and her co-hosts Joel Creasey and Tim Blackwell.
Having a bit of a fan-girl moment, Ricki-Lee gasped as Jared's face appeared on the screen and she instantly gushed over the Morbius actor. 'I'm trying to play this cool because I am just a huge fan,' Ricki-Lee said after the initial shock wore off. 'I have to thank you because you have been.
..I'm a singer and I'm a music artist and you were such an inspiration to me in a time where I had absolutely lost my spark as a songwriter and as an artist,' Rikki-Lee confided.
The radio host went on to admit that when her husband Richard Harrison introduced her to Jared's band 30 Seconds To Mars it reignited the spark. 'I think it was 2009 or 2010, he sat me down and played me the music video for From Yesterday. It just lit up my imagination,' she said.
Ricki-Lee Coulter has revealed that she almost decided to quit making music, and that it was an Oscar-winning actor that changed her mind Jared Leto, 52, called in to the show to have a chat with Rikki-Lee and her co-hosts Joel Creasey and Tim Blackwell Ricki-Lee's expansive thanks continued, telling Jared that seeing 30 Seconds To Mars live was the catalyst to spur her on to continue to make music. 'Then he took me to come and see you play at The Forum in Melbourne - I think it was in 2010,' she explained. 'I'm a pop girl soI was standing in a room full of people that I didn't feel like I fit in - but that's kind of the message of your music.
.. 'You find your people and you fit in.
' 'I'm a singer and I'm a music artist and you were such an inspiration to me in a time where I had absolutely lost my spark as a songwriter and as an artist,' Rikki-Lee confided Read More Ricki-Lee makes a shocking confession about her first marriage when she was 'really young' Ricki-Lee's experience proved to be the tonic for her waning drive in her music career as her next album, 2012's Fear and Diamonds hit Number 7 on the ARIA chart. Her latest album On My Own, which dropped in March this year, hit number 3 on the ARIA album chart. 'That just lit the fire and ever since then I kind of just went away and I wrote music and I came back and I had two platinum singles on the next album,' she said, 'I really have to thank you for that because I was about to throw the towel in and you were the actual inspiration for what I went on to do after that.
' Obviously chuffed with Ricki-Lee's admission, Jared said that finding artistic drive form others' work, crediting Andy Warhol and David Bowie as personal inspirations, was a 'beautiful thing'. It's my absolute pleasure and I'm so happy to hear that,' Jared said. 'I really have to thank you for that because I was about to throw the towel in and you were the actual inspiration for what I went on to do after that,' she said.
'Other people have done that for me in my life and its a beautiful thing how other artists can inspire us or change us or guide us or nudge us in the right direction.' Posting the chat to her Instagram, she gushed further about Jared adding: 'They say don’t meet your idols..
.but I disagree! 'This was a surprise interview. I had no idea who I was about to speak to, but I was assured that I wouldn’t need to prepare any questions and to just follow my heart.
So that’s what I did.' Ricki-Lee's fans were quick to gush over the inspirational post. 'This just made me cry,' one fan wrote.
'I’m so thankful you didn’t throw the towel in and created an album that is basically the soundtrack to my life and you continue to make music that fuels so much happiness in so many lives. ' Another chimed in with: 'Awesome interview Ricki-Lee and how wonderful you got a chance to thank him in person! You handled that all so well, I would have lost my s**t.' Jared Leto won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2014 for his role in The Dallas Buyer's Club.
Obviously chuffed with Ricki-Lee's admission, Jared said that finding artistic drive form others' work, crediting Andy Warhol and David Bowie as personal inspirations, was a 'beautiful thing' Morbius Jared Leto Share or comment on this article: Ricki-Lee Coulter reveals how Hollywood actor saved her during desperate time: 'I have to thank you' e-mail Add comment.
